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Ted Maddock For over 60 years, Ted Maddock produced creative signs in the San Jose, California, area. He was first featured in SignCraft… Read More

Shop name: Old Town Sign Co. Shop size: 750 sq. ft. Staff: up to 4 at times Age: 49 Graphics equipment: Mimaki printer… Read More

Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft.com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read this… Read More

Finding fresh ideas for effective sign layouts If you’re looking for “eye grabbing” ideas for trucks, signs and banners, try this. Walk quickly… Read More

Peter Poanessa was first featured in SignCraft’s September/October 1991 issue. Back then, he mentioned he loved “going to work every Monday”—and he still… Read More

For Mike Chamberlin and Mark Kramer, hand lettering led to an interest in pinstriping— as it has for many sign painters. If you… Read More

“Retire? That’s what you do to a car!” says Bill Reidel, of Little Ferry Signs. Bill is a master sign painter and wood… Read More

Even though our client has a fully built-out amusement park, which was founded in 1910, our recent project for them was very much… Read More

As designers, we’re tasked with creating images that become “sticky” in people’s minds. We’re building images that we hope will not only be… Read More

Materials: HDU board: $225 Mahogany molding: $120 Acrylic letters and VHB tape: $110 Paint: $65 Bracket: $500 Gooseneck lights: $150 Total materials: $1170… Read More

When someone pulls up to the shop in a stark white truck, looking to upgrade the image of the business he just purchased,… Read More

There’s a lot to learn if you want to succeed at making signs—design, construction, sales, fabrication and technology are all key aspects. But… Read More

In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More

Braun Bleamer has been in the sign business for over 20 years. Art came naturally to him as a kid, but fine art… Read More

Turn the clock back to 1985, in Papakura, New Zealand. You’ll find a young Jeff Marshall watching longtime sign writer Ron Aplin letter… Read More

A great way to give back For the past ten years Catherine O’Donnell and staff of Catherine’s Hairstyling and Barbershop in Sault Ste…. Read More

Back in the late ’80s, I took a three- or four-day class in Photoshop. At the time, Photoshop didn’t have layers, since we… Read More

Like a lot of sign people, Bruce Ottway found his way into the sign business through an interest in art and design. Forty… Read More

Shop name: Hoyt Signs Shop size: 1500 sq. ft. Age: 66 Graphics equipment: Gerber Edge Gerber HS-15 Plus cutter Gerber Sabre 408 router… Read More